gradient
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin gradiēns, present participle of gradior ("to step, to walk").
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/
gradient (plural gradients)
- A slope or incline.
- A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
- (calculus, of a function) The ratio of the rates of change of a dependent variable and an independent variable, the slope of a curve's tangent.
- (science) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.
- (, calculus) A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field φ: ∇φ
- A gradual change in color; a color gradient; gradation.
- (slope) hill, incline, ramp, slope, grade
- (calculus, ratio of rates of change) slope (of a line), angular coefficient
- French: gradient
- German: Gradient
- Italian: gradiente
- Portuguese: gradiente
- Russian: градие́нт
- Spanish: gradiente
gradient (not comparable)
- Moving by steps; walking.
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick:
- movable and Gradient Automata
- Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.
- the gradient line of a railroad
- Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.
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